A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.

The reason for the strange contortions in the trunks of these "drunken" pine trees in Russia is still a mystery.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

These 18th century gardens tell a rocky story of the son of Odysseus.

These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.

Living trees form the structure of an open-air palace.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.